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• Water cut in 7 Kurdish villages over extreme bills imposed on people for previous years 

  Local authorities continue to persecute villagers in the cities of Kurdistan. Water has been cut in 7 villages of Batman for nearly 15 days as people cannot pay bills which cost 2 million 600 thousand TL.
• Serhat's rebellious hero: Guerrilla Canfeda Zilan 

  Canfeda Zilan joined the freedom struggle in 2012. He learned about guerrillas in the rebellious, steep and majestic mountains of Zagros.
• Iraqi army wounds journalist at march in Shengal 

  The Iraqi army attacked the people who protested the detention of a Yazidi youth in the town of Xanesor in Shengal. Journalist Salih Berces, who was following the events, was wounded when the Iraqi army opened fire.
• Footage of guerrilla action in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  Gerîla TV released footage of an action carried out by guerrillas against Turkish occupation forces in the region of Zap on June 11.
• HPG guerrilla Erdal Amed tells young Kurds to "turn towards the mountains"  

  HPG guerrilla Erdal Amed told young Kurds to "turn towards the mountains," and added that they would beat the enemy.
• HPG: Eight occupiers killed in Avaşîn and Zap 

  The guerrillas continue their resistance against the Turkish invasion of Southern Kurdistan unabated. Eight soldiers were killed in actions in Avaşîn and Zap.
• Footage of guerrilla airstrike in Metina 

  Footage of a guerrilla airstrike on Turkish occupation forces at the Zendura hill in Metina has been published by Gerîla TV.
• 25 days without news about three North-East Syrian politicians detained in Hewler 

  The three representatives of North-East Syria were detained by the KDP forces at Hewler Airport, where they went to receive some guests on 10 June.
• YJA Star guerrillas Welat and Zagros: We will never allow the Turkish army to enter these lands 

  YJA Star guerrillas Amara Cudi Welat and Govend Zagros, who took part in the Zap resistance against the attacks by the Turkish state, said that they would never allow the Turkish army to get any results.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Historical and cultural effects of Turkey’s attacks on Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state which has crashed into unyielding resistance of the guerrilla brutally attacks the history of Kurdish people in order to change the demographical structure of Kurdistan.
• YRK guerrilla Melikşah: We won't allow the enemy to widen its occupation 

  YRK guerrilla Rêwar Melikşah said that the invading states are using all their means to attack the people and guerrillas in Kurdistan and added: "We won't allow the enemy to expand their occupation areas."
• HPG: 5 Turkish soldiers killed in Xakurke and Avaşîn 

  5 Turkish soldiers were killed during the actions carried out by the People’s DefenSe Forces (HPG)/ Free Women’s Troops (YJA Star) guerrillas in Xakurkê and Avaşin.
• No news from the NES officials detained by the KDP three weeks ago 

  The three representatives of North-East Syria were detained by the KDP forces at Hewler Airport, where they went to receive their guests on June 10.
• Deposed HDP mayor sentenced to prison on terror charges 

  Gülistan Ensarioğlu, the deposed co-mayor of Egil, is another Kurdish politician who has been sentenced to many years in prison in connection with the investigation against the civil society umbrella organization DTK.
• Gerîla TV footage from action in Heftanin 

  Gerîla TV released footage of an action carried out by guerrillas against Turkish occupation forces in the region of Heftanin on June 5.
• YRK fighter: Guerrilla is the only way to emancipation 

  “The most radical and meaningful attitude towards the enemy is to join the guerrilla. The only way to emancipation is the guerrilla,” said Cengawer Qendil from the Eastern Kurdistan Units (YRK).
• Aziz Mamlê: If Qandil is lost, South Kurdistan will be lost 

  "Once a part of Kurdistan weakens, regardless of which one, other parts will also be harmed," said political observer Aziz Mamlê, calling for a united stance against Turkish occupation of Kurdistan lands.
• Shengal women urge people to stand up against Turkish invasion 

  The invading Turkish state has been conducting an occupation operation in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) since April 23, focusing on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones and deliberately targeting civilian settlements.
• HPJ guerrilla Koçer: Martyr Zilan is an inspiration to women struggling 

  HPJ guerrilla Koçerin Koçer said that Martyr Zilan, one of the leading cadres of the PKK, who carried out a self-sacrificing action in Dersim in 1996, was an inspiration to women struggling.
• Artists: "Intra-Kurdish war is a poisonous dagger that the enemy seeks to stab us with" 

  In Hewler, Kurdish artists held a press conference in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion attacks and hostile attempts to provoke an intra-Kurdish war, calling it “a poisonous dagger that the enemy seeks to stab us with.”
• Turkish drone attack in Shengal – UPDATE 

  A civilian vehicle on the Serdeşt plateau in the Shengal mountains has been bombed by an unmanned Turkish drone.
• ‘Dangerous gas bombs' used against villagers in Van province 

  Local people who stood against a marble quarry set to be built by a private company in Van province were beaten, laid on the ground, handcuffed, and kept in custody for hours in police vehicles.
• Historian and poet Mustafa Reşid calls for unity 

  Rojava historian and poet Mustafa Reşid said that the Turkish state first occupied Afrin and now has the same plans for South Kurdistan.
• YRK guerrilla Afrin: Öcalan's ideas and philosophy will lead us to freedom 

  YRK guerrilla Rubar Afrin said that the Kurdish people need a revolutionary people's war to lead a dignified life. "The only way to freedom and democracy is through Rêber Öcalan's ideas and philosophy."